The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-06-29

MarSnneIu.
A STRAWBERRY festival will be held at
the hotel hall Saturday evening, July ID, by
the ladies of the Congregational church.
Strawberries will be for sale at the hall
during the afternoon. Selections from Will
Cartons works and also from other works
will be read in the evening. Mrs. Josiah
Allen will relate how Josiah rode on a free
pass. Some good old songs will be rendered
by some of our best singers, assisted by a
gentleman from Europe. A small admission
fee will be charged. Come and enjoy a
pleasant time. - The old cider-mil be-
longing to Frank Page fell into the river
last Saturday night. 1t had been used for
storing wagons and sleghs. Mr.. Page had
one wagon and one sleigh demolished Mr..
Ufford of Barton had new buggy, which
was stored in the building, ruined The
building has been an old rat-trap for long
time, and it is wonder that some one did
not get caught in it. 60 Charles Hen
bricks of Peacham has moved into the Widow
Mears house on Depot hill. - Wesley
and Henry Preston of Massachusetts are
visiting their father, William Preston,
- c. III. Farnsworth preached two very
interesting sermons Sunday at the Metho-
dist church and also gave an able address
to the VS. in the evening. - The Sab
bath-school voted to go to the Summit on
the Fourth of July picnic. - A. B.
Tewksbury and wife of West Randolph and
Marcus Peck and wife of Brookfeld have
been visiting and fishing with G.. o. Davis
There has been too much rain the past week
to make it pleasant fishing, but all seemed to
enjoy their rest here in the pleasant home of
Mr.. Davis. - A. G.. Wheeler and wife
of West Randolph, formerly of this place,
are camping at Greensboro pond, and Mrs.
Frank Wooster of this place was remem-
bered by them with some very nice trout.
- Cadet Gilman is home for the sum
mer vacation looking hale and hearty.
ID X. bancroft
went to Greensboro pond last week camp
ing. - Martin Bemis is laid up with
rheumatism.
Middlesex.
ARTHUR KNAPP has returned from his
western trip quite well satisfied to remain
in Vermont. II. Harry Holden re-
turned to Massachusetts Saturday last and
will spend his vacation in taking charge of
two parishes near Gloucester. Address,
Annisquam, Mass. - o. II. Richardson
has gone to Massachusetts on a business
trip selling lumber etc. - School in dis
trict No. =, Addie Hammond, teacher, closed
last Friday. Those not absent We're Della
and Blanche Cameron, Grace and Jessie
Leonard, Eddie and George Herbert Fred
Winn, Charlie Ward and Fred Turney.
Those absent three days and less were
Maude Edgerly, Mabel McElroy Jennie
Miles, Annie McMurphy, Willie White,
Elmer Turney, Wayne and Gilbert Silloway
and Katie Cullen, Those not tardy were
Grace and Jessie Leonard, Maude Edgerly
Della and Blanche Cameron, Jennie Miles,
Annie McMurphy, Katie Cullen, Eddie and
George Herbert, Wayne and Gilbert Sillo-
way, Eddie Hanrehan, Elmer and Fred
Turney, Charlie Ward and Fred Winn.
Shady Rill.
WE have had so much rain the week past
as to make it impossible to do anything at
haying or anything else. - Judging
from appearances visiting has been the
order of the day. Mr. and Mrs. ID. b. Jones
have been visiting a sister and mother of
Mrs. Jones in Craftsbury. Mr.. and Mrs.
L. L. Udall visited friends in this place last
week. - Luther Markham has moved his
family to the home of his wfe's father, Zeba
Smith. - Henry Montague has moved
Lewis Virgins and family ON to his farm
and is to live with them.
Moretown.
THE Ladies' Aid Society met with Mrs
w. c. Lamphier last week. - Children's
day was appropriately observed June 10Th
- Mrs. William Sawyer went last week
to Boston, She expects to stop this summer
with her brother, George Walker.
Northfield.
c. d. EDGERToN will receive subscrip-
tiOns and advertisements for the WATCH
MAN. Office in Metcalfs block over Blake's
repairing the road over Watstield mount
ain, and it is now in the best condition it
has been for many years. - Weather
reports are now received at the signal
office here and arrangements should be
made to have the flags displayed at some
place in the village - The engine COM
panies came out Saturday evening to test the
old leather hose. No. burst all but two
lengths of theirs and the trial of that be-
longing to No. had to be postponed on
account of a heavy shower. - Children's
day was observed at the Methodist church
Sunday by a concert exercise at five o'clock
the church being appropriately decorated
with flowers and plants. - The band
gave an open-air concert from the stand on
the common Thursday evening. - The
Woman's Christian Temperance Union will
meet Thursday at three P. NJ. with Mrs.
ID. d. Field. Bible reading. - The la
dies of the Congregational society will hold
a strawberry and iCe-Cream party in the par
lors of their church this wednesday, after
noon and evening. Supper will be served
from half-past five to eight. The band will
give an outdoor concert in the evening.
The public are cordially invited. - A
baseball ground is being fitted up in the
railroad yard west of the station. About
one hundred dollars was raised by subscrip-
tion and the work began Monday. -
The band serenaded Captain Bates and
bride Monday evening at their home ON
Chautauqua Circle for the current year will
be held with Mrs. j. II. Orcutt next week
Tuesday evening - The members of
the faculty of the University have left town
on their vacation Mr.. Parke going to
Waterloo, n. Y, Captain Wait to Ironton,
Ohio, Professor Brill to lion, n. Y, and
Lieutenant Catlin to Hill, n. III. - Miss
Mary Orcutt has been elected second assist
ant librarian of the town library. - w.
G. Howe of Wentworth, n. H., was in town
last week and was accompanied by his new
wife. - Mrs. Denison Brown and daugh-
ter, Miss Fanny, are visiting in Nershire
this week. - Malverd Howe, Phil.
Randall and Fred Clark are doing some en-
gineering W Ork on the st. Johnsbury & Lake
Champlain railroad, and will probably be
occupied with it about three weeks.
Gouldsville.
REV. l. p. BooTH has changed the hour Of
his meetings here from three until five p. NJ.
- There are no new cases of measles.
Louis DCdd and Alice Coburn have nearly
recovered. - Lewis Cass is spending "A
few days at the White Mountains. - NJ.
W. Locklin has gone to Boston to receive
medical aid. &C. Mrs. Julia Smith has
moved into the Wheeler tenement. 60 j,
W. Gould is having his tenement-houses
newly painted, - f. W. Cochrane has
been making repairs on his house and
grounds. - Miss May Pearson is visit
ing at Royalton.
Plainfield.
THE ad journed exercises of Children's s
day We're held at the congregational church
last Sunday afternoon and were interesting
and appropriate. There was one of the
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